mich., who -- midland, mich., and the newspaper there publishes my column.m llewellyn king. this is "white house chronicle" and my guest is the amitai etzioni of the george washington university, formerly of columbia and harvard. we're talking about china. i see this as maybe a power in the future, and you say why does not be predisposed to saying this is a problem, which because of your specialty in sociology causes me to test this question -- historically, when have countries built up this probability of war when there are no causes? >> it is very common. >> world war i, world war ii. >> world war i is the classic example. world war ii is more complicated part >> i would agree with you. -- complicated. >> i would agree with you. right now why not give peaceful co-existence, or s -- or as henry kissinger calls it, co- evolution a chance? >> co--evolution? >> extreme hawks argue that we will have to face a chinese warships -- worships in 30 years from now because the chinese military is so weak. they have one aircraft that took off from the ukraine that coul

i'm the founder of china aid association based near midland, texas.s part of the student democracy movement in tiananmen square. though the movement was crushed by tanks, yet the hearts for freedom have continued. later, i became a house church pastor out of -- and was eventually jailed for running an independent house church and a secret bible school. in 1996 my wife and i escaped to hong kong, and in '97 we were admitted to the united states of america as refugees just days before hong kong was handed over to china. banned unofficial churches in china have 60-80 million followers who at great risk are trying to exercise their chinese constitutional guaranteed religious freedom. those in prison for their beliefs are typically denied access to religious materials including the bible. one group of prisoners, imprisoned laborers, transcribed each book of the bible by hand into notebooks and circulated from within the prison. last year i presented one of those notebooks to president and mrs. bush for inclusion in the freedom collection. at china aid asso

baton rouge to midland, texas, a forecast high of 104 degrees. tropical storm beryl sweeping through this area. with not too much fanfare, pouter outages, tree limbs down, but all in all, people enjoyed a pretty beautiful memorial day weekend here on st. simon's island. back to you. >> jim cantore from the weather channel, thank you. >>> elsewhere, the heat is coming from fierce wildfires. firefighters are battling the flames in six states, including a forest fire in upper michigan that authorities say was started by a lightning strike. the fire has burned about 17,000 acres along the lake superior coast. >>> in new mexico, a huge fire has consumed 190 square miles of forest, brush, and grassland, and there are voluntary evacuations in at least one town. more than 500 firefighters are battling that one which is still totally out of control. >>> an air scare today as an air canada boeing 007 that had just taken off from toronto, headed for tokyo had to turn around and make an emergency landing after debris started falling from the plane. the pilot

. >> the southwest of england, the midlands, parts of your sure are no longer in drought. the environment agency that they will be unlikely to impose hose pipe bands. other parts of england are still in drought. this is "bbc news," these are the headlines. the latest attempt to form a government in greece has failed. there are talks of forming an emergency to administration. the former brother and lot of oscar winner and pop star jennifer hudson has been found guilty of murder. in india, police in a northern town have arrested two men and charged them with attempted murder after they were accused of trying to bury alive a baby girl. they were allegedly following the advice of a spiritual guru who told them to sacrifice the child in order to protect the lives of the other children. >> barely two months old and very lucky. a close encounter with death is something she may never know. her father and uncle allegedly tried to bury her alive, sacrificing her to help protect the other children. both men are in jail and face charges of attempted murder. strongly's mother denies th

archer daniels midland jumped more than 7%. while earnings were stronger than predicted, the company was hurt by an over-supply of ethanol. still, recent cost-cutting moves resulted in better than anticipated savings. ag equipment maker ag-co jumped 6%, while sales growth continued in north america and europe. our exchange-traded fund market flash shows up across the board of the most actively traded e.t.f.s. the merging markets fund rose the most, seven-tenths of a percent. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: america's biggest trading partner has seen the economy get smaller ashighlight natural resources to canada and the health is important for u.s. investors with a fifth of merge exports going north to canada. she's with us from desjardins. the u.s. has seen it's own economic slow down. what about the shape of canada's economy. >> i guess the growth in the canadian economy for 2012 anand '13 but numbers were disappointing in april. >> tom: among the numbers was retail falling and consumer confidence has gotten dinge

the dow chemical company in midland michigan. seventy two million liters of defoliants sprayed by the u.s. military over south vietnam beginning in one nine hundred sixty one were manufactured and sold by american chemical companies including dow monsanto and diamond shamrock. at the time vietnam was divided into northern south the us supported the government of south vietnam and military intervention intensified after nine hundred sixty five. but the us made strong resistance from guerrilla forces who used dense jungle as their base of operations. defoliant spraying was begun in an effort to deny cover to the guerrillas by eliminating the jungle falling which. as the war escalated the spring of deval eons increased dramatically and much of the land in south vietnam was contaminated and left barren. the defoliant known as agent orange was made from the same chemical substances as herbicides used in the us but it was twenty five times more potent. agent orange also contained dioxin the most toxic chemical ever produced. dioxin rem

midland, texas watching thunderstorms, this will be slow moving over the next 48 hours. here's the estimated rainfall totals in a lot of selected cities in texas. you notice it's pretty widespread. the possibility of two to four inches through central texas. if you get hit with the thunderstorms, you could get more. at least an inch from corpus christi to houston. this is what we need out there in the state of texas. it looks like it should clear out in time for the mother's day weekend. your forecast, d.c. looks nice, even new york city is going to have a great afternoon. temperature near 70 degrees, the southeast is perfect, big thunderstorms yesterday, there's the thunderstorms in san antonio. anyone joining us on the west coast once again, banner perfect, chamber of commerce weather is what they call it, lynn, perfect conditions. >>> thanks so much. coming up, traders watch europe and a reprieve for many post offices and a latest "what will they think of next" in automobiles. >>> coming up, the knicks couldn't stand the heat. the cops force a game seven and you've go

tom skilling and midland weather alert radio's " you have one in your home.at the walgreen's store for tom's or weather day. it was an effort to talk about the importance of advance warnings to stabilized during a severe weather events. >> a lot of people are relying on the airport siren's when their indoors. the outdoor sirens or only designed to be heard when you are outdoors. once you close your windows and turn on the air conditioners, you must have an indoor siren. >> the radio network has been in operation ever sense.tom had a great time... >> nearly 60 years of service to the same illinois town, and nobody can recall him missing a day. the doctor who is always in. >> just two months old and is packed every. every.. our restaurant critic checks out the scene at rpm italian. >> a special chicago performance by yo-yos ma ma lottery numbers... 7 4 6 ... pick three pick four... 1 4 4 9 ... lucky day lotto... 17 25 21 9 19 ... lotto ... 34 33 45 52 44 40 a new downtown restaurant back to buy some star power is literally pact every night >> and seeing that is

it is a midland start new york around the region. 65 -- start around the region. 65, by 9:00, sunshine, low 70s. near 80 at noontime, partly sunny. partly sunny during the afternoon. mid to upper 80s. there's a possibility of passing storms, 3:00 to 7:00, some of which could produce damaging winds and hail. danella? >>> right now looking at roadwork in the area. if you're traveling around the beltway, first of all, taking the inner loop of the beltway, this time just at i-66, roadwork, only the right lane getting by. hopefully in the final stages soon. passing braddock, making your way by robinson terminal, cones up and roadwork on the right side as well as the left. you're able to pass, but you got to stick to the center lanes. checking travel speeds on the outer loop, making your way from the dulles toll road to the interchange, you're not bad. volume's light at 66 miles per hour. a 13-minute drive. if you're traveling along i-270, construction is facing you, as well. i'll talk about it in ten minutes. >> thank you. >>> breaking news. u.s. senior officials say the blind chinese legal

said the government is requiring further disclosure the fda is rejecting a request by archer-daniels midland and others to call their processed product anything other than high fructose corn syrup ... stadiums do it.. so why not train stations? the c-t-a is getting ready to sell naming rights and sponsorships. the c-t-a is offering businesses an opportunity to get as rail station named after them. it's the latest move to generate more revenue from non- traditional sources and help head more threats of fare hikes and service cuts. the stations up for naming rights are addison belmont, fullerton, north/clybourn, chicago, grand/state, 79th and 95th on the red line.. ashland/63rd on the green line.. ohare on the blue line.. and midway on the orange line. new york city is poised to take the gulp out of those giant sugary drinks. but first, we are talking with actor matthew modine about an event he's involved with this weekend. [ sponge ] this season's new beauty trend? hands that feel soft and silky smooth! ooh...she's got the look. what's her secret? the gloves? dawn? i don't believe it. [ male

i am the founder of china aid association based in midland, texas.n 1989, i was part of the democracy moment in tiananmen square. though the movement was crushed, the hearts for freedom have continued. later i became a house church pastor and would eventually build a church and a secret bible school. in 1996, my wife and i escaped to hong kong, and in 1997, we were admitted to the united states of america as refugees, just days before hong kong was handed over to china. banned unofficial churches in china have 60 to 80 meetings on trend followers, who are at great risk, and are trying to exercise their chinese constitutional guaranteed religious freedom. those in prison for their release are typically denied access to religious materials, including the bible. one group of prisoners transcribed each book of the bible by hand into notebooks and circulated them within the prison. i am presenting one of those notebooks to the president and mrs. bush for the inclusion in the freedom collection. at china aid association, we promote religious freedom and th

it is perhaps no surprise that laura bush, the native of midland shares that community commitment ofuman dignity and freedom. mrs. bush frequently says that freedom is universal, that god is the source of the freedom, and the everyman and wollman regardless, and child, regardless of the country were treated or creed is endowed with human rights. whether speaking out against the oppression of the women in afghanistan and campaigning for the efforts to bring democracy mrs. bush demonstrates her convictions and beliefs with actions. it is my pleasure and honor to introduce my fellow mittal landers mrs. laura w. bush. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you very much, pastor. thank you and the rematch. he did present to the freedom collection the book of revelations written in chinese characters by hand, written by prisoners in china christian prisoners who were in prison because they wanted to practice christianity and passed around in prison so people would have the chance to read the books of the bible. thank you very much for your inspiration to all of us and for being a part of o

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and finally brent from texas, a technology salesman from midland, texas. just call him "brent." all right. good luck, emily. right now my money is on "meat pocket." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. that's what it's all about right there. abc has released a preview clip of the first episode of "the bachelor." first episodes are my favorite because the guys come in and are desperately trying to do anything they can to make a strong impression. sometimes they write songs or bring gifts. >> i wanted to give you something that shows who i am. >> okay. >> this is actually a bobblehead of myself. >> yeah, that's so awesome, can i keep it? >> it's yours. >> really? >> and i got one of you as well. >> no, you did not. >> they've been through a lot already. you know what makes a great bachelorette next season? this woman. have you been following this story? this is also doll-related. patricia krencil, who is known as deep-fried, cancer lady, she was accused of letting her daughter use a tanning booth last week. she denies it, saying she'd ne

imagine going from santa barbara to midland, odessa? >> greg: i grew up in california.ssing thing for somebody born in california not to be able to afford to live there. even in your neighborhood where i grew up in san matteo. can't afford that. >> kimberly: no way. >> bob: move to el paso. >> greg: i would love to live in texas. it's the greatest state. >> bob: austin is a nice state. >> dana: or city. >> greg: coming up, was obama's 2008 campaign worried about jeremiah wright to stay quiet? if i said no, we probably would don't the story. explosive details next. if you leave now, eric won't do one-handed push-ups from the ceiling. ♪ ♪ back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ equilibrium everybody remembers president obama's former pastor, jeremiah wright. >> god bless america. no, no, no. god tam america in the bible for killing innocent people. >> kimberly: he's in a new book saying he was offered a bribe to stop preaching until after the 2008 election. wright claims he received e-mail from one of the president's closest friend to offer him $150,000 to stay silent. s

imagine going from santa barbara to midland, odessa? >> greg: i grew up in california.ebody born in california not to be able to afford to live there. even in your neighborhood where i grew up in san matteo. can't afford that. >> kimberly: no way. >> bob: move to el paso. >> greg: i would love to live in texas. it's the greatest state. >> bob: austin is a nice state. >> dana: or city. >> greg: coming up, was obama's 2008 campaign worried about jeremiah wright to stay quiet? if i said no, we probably would don't the story. explosive details next. if you leave now, eric won't do one-handed push-ups from the ceiling. ♪ ♪ [ donovan ] i hit a wall. and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep going. go for olympic gold and go to college too. [ male announcer ] every day we help students earn their bachelor's or master's degree for tomorrow's careers. this is your moment. let nothing stand in your way. devry university, proud to support the education of our u.s. olympic team. you walk into a conventional ma

plenty of rain in midland, texas. year ago bone dry and extreme drought. streams filling up and overflowing causing all problems across central and southern texas. harper, 3.5 inches, 2.7 in austin. midland record rain as well, that will press off to the east and flood watches for southeast and upper texas coastline and much more for southern louisiana, 2 to 4 inches of rainfall expected. we also had 14 reports of tornadoes across texas, some doing damage outside of austin and near corpus christi as well and right now we have a tornado warning for cameron county, texas, just north of brownsville. the cell is moving off to the east, probably be allowed to expire. most of the heavy wind with the system is offshore. this will make its way across the northern gulf states over the weekend, a wet weekend there. high pressure in control for much of the eastern quarter of the country for a good looking day today. it will be breezy across the northeast but that will hold looks like most of the dry air through saturday. 69 degrees, a little bit of a breeze. i think

hundreds are possible from amarillo down to midland.t to the 100-degree mark in midland, texas, you'll break the record that goes back to the 1940s. that's a quick look at one portion of the country. here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. >>> happy cinco de mayo, everybody. >> thanks so much. >>> coming up next, we take a look at the suicide of former nfl great junior seau. what made him pull the trigger? we'll speak with two doctors about that. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." >> announcer: this portion sponsored by novolog flex pen. ask your doctor today. in with a vial and syringe. me, explaining what i was doing at breakfast. and me discovering novolog mix 70/30 flexpen. flexpen is pre-filled with your pre-mix insulin. dial the exact dose. inject by pushing a button. no vials, syringes or coolers to carry. flexpen is insulin delivery my way. novolog mix 70/30 is an insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. do not inject if you do not plan to eat within 15 minutes to avoid low blood

. >> caller: my five stops are wft, intc, archer daniels midland, dg, dollar general, t, at&t. >> allht. for a second there, it's like playing with david faber of "jeopardy." david will get it right because he's the brain. weatherford, they lost control of their accounting. at&t, high yielding, terrific company. dollar general, that is the cohort that everybody respects right now. intel, tossed it out last time, but i don't see a conflict this time. adm, which is an ag play. ag really soft today. they shot themselves in the foot, as they said they would. bingo! now we're going to adam in minnesota, where i almost bought the vikings. adam? >> caller: hey, jim, how are you? i think the market is kind of taking its cue from our twins here. >> you're right. yeah. well, whatever. but must be tough to be from there right now. go ahead. i met the twins a couple years ago, they're great guys. >> wondering if my top five stocks are diversified or if i'm better off betting on twins. american power, meli, nike, nke, waste management, wm, and stat oil, sto. >> i like this because i see people are

also severe weather around midland, el paso and albuquerque. >> a scorching 100 degrees in phoenix. 88 in portland and 81 in seattle. omaha climbs to 80. chicago, 77. 72 degrees here in new york. miami gets up to 85 degrees. and in dallas, it is 82. >>> what would a monday morning be here on "world news now" without a new world record. i'll let you do the honors on this one. this is big news. >> i'm very excited about this. this morning's new world record comes to us from south american city of bogota, colombia. they set the record for most people spinning at the same time. >> look at them go. look at that. nearly 1,100 took part in the event. that's a couple dozen more than set the old record back in 2010. good for those folks setting a record and getting healthy as well. neither one of us are particularly health conscious, so -- i really am impressed with those folks. >>> coming up next, graduates entering the real world with some very real debt. >> and the tainted love story involving actress reese witherspoon's father, a new wife and a real life courtroom drama. you're watching "wo

i want to take a look at archer daniels midland, adm, hitting a new high today of $33.98.le crock report bullish for adm. the stock is up 18% year-to-date. add on a 2% yield and definitely outperforming the broader s&p 500. simon, back to you. >> thank you very much, brian. meanwhile gold is fractionally higher but trading at almost lowest level for the year. let's get over to sharon epperson tracking the action at the nymex as we shut down the metals. sharon. >> well, simon, what's interesting about today's trade is the fact that gold is closing here basically flat on the session. yes, we are near the lows for 2012, but keep in mind the selloff that we've seen and the fact that gold is now up about $20 from the lows that we saw in the previous session. a lot of debate going on about whether or not gold has lost its luster. we have barclays on one hand saying they are now lowering their forecast for 2012 down about 8% to $1716 an ounce. they say their struggles to find physical demand for gold and all the sovereign debt problems in europe. on the other hand goldman sachs i

midland, looking hot at 101 degrees. that is not a record for the day today.ntry. a look at the big >> there is a beautiful picture our rooftop camera. with someixed in clout cover. welcome son to start the day. boosthould help to 80 degrees. 61 now in winchester. 60 feet in the district. near 80 for >> there is something about this bike that just makes you feel like a macho powerful alien. lara? >> and that suit. we need to discuss the suit, sam. >>> here's a look at what's coming up on our "gma" morning menu. get down here to times square. our epic "dancing with the stars" after-party is under way. there they are. we'll talk to the finalists and the winner, mr. driver, live. >>> and will smith, back in black. suiting up to save the planet. "men in black 3." also here live, on "gma." it's time to live wider awake. only the beautyrest recharge sleep system combines the comfort of aircool memory foam layered on top of beautyrest pocketed coils to promote proper sleeping posture all night long. the revolutionary recharge sleep system... from beautyrest. it's you

austin, midland. houston, getting rain during the day today. let me show you another place that's getting some rain before we look at the big board. are you free and clear of the rain in the mid-atlantic and the northeast? the answer is yes by the end of the day today. this rain has action on it and is moving out. look at the dry line back in new york city. boston's drier. augusta, portland, you're drier, as well. nice in the deep south. still, the flooding rain in texas. >> all that brought to you by macy macy's. >>> coming up, deion sanders' wife, pilar, speaks out about their public battle. pilar will talk to george just ahead. >> standing by and has a lot to say. >>> also could be more trouble for john travolta. a second masseuse accuses him of sexual misconduct. and his lawyer says this could just be the beginning. >>> and rihanna knows how to work the red carpet. but is she working so hard she's headed for trouble? >>> and tim tebow and mom. star quarterback speaks out about the woman he says is the key to all his success. >> the recipe f

austin, midland. houston, getting rain during the day today. let me show you another place that's getting some rain before we look at the big board. are you free and clear of the rain in the mid-atlantic and the northeast? the answer is yes by the end of the day today. this rain has action on it and is moving out. look at the dry line back in new york city. boston's drier. augusta, portland, you're drier, as well. nice in the deep south. still, the flooding rain in texas. >>> "good morning maryland." i'm meteorologist lynette charles and we have a nice day on tap. we dried out and we will be seeing plenty of sunshine as we go into the afternoon hours. and temperatures struggle to get to 70 degrees, i'm going with 69 degrees for today. and then by tomorrow, we will begin to get a little bit warmer out there with that temperature at 73 degrees. nice and seasonable. the seasonable temperatures will come back next week but mother's day looks dry. partly cloudy skies. have a great day everyone. >> all that brought to you by macy macy's. >>> coming u

here's the heat across the country from midland, 101, raleigh, 87, washington, d.c., 83. oh, yeah, getting into the warmth in the east. that's the weather across the nation. first our uv index all brought to you by macy's. >>> all of america's holiday weekend forecast coming up in the next half hour. elizabeth, george. >> thanks, sam. >>> coming up on "gma" vanished in the night. the desperate search to find this college student. she disappeared biking home from a friend's house. now her parents are speaking out. >>> plus an abc news exclusive, katie couric's extraordinary interview with prince william paying tribute to his grandmother. what he learned from the queen and her unexpected advice about marrying kate. >>> and a new controversy for lady gaga. her fans in thailand turning against her. controversy for lady gaga. her fans in thailand turns against her. we charge everything else... maybe it's time to recharge the human battery. only the beautyrest recharge sleep system combines the comfort of aircool memory foam layered on top of beautyrest pocketed coils to promot

midland, texas, 98, muscle shoals, alabama, 92 degrees.wers through the new york city area which didn't see temperatures that warm. you will see temperatures rebound after this pulse goes through. showers will be prevalent not only there but also across parts of the western great lakes. chicago, 80 degrees again yesterday. that's the ninth time this year you've reached 80 and that's the most this early in the season since they've been keeping records. the june-like warmth continues there. showers across parts of the south where they had flooding across mobile. here's where we think the severe threat will be, buffalo to chicago, kansas city later on today. we had one report of a tornado yesterday. it did do damage and heat is on. the pacific northwest will see rain and cool temperatures. you want to cool off? go to seattle. 49 degrees there for the high temperature in the emerald city. >> nice. good for seattle this time of year. >> 15 minutes after the hour. let's get an early read on water cooler worthy stories this morning. a new scienti

look at the biggest for north america extends from midland texas to the south dakota border.000 oil wells drilled through that aquaford down to a producing zone, and then fractured. and i know of no record of the aquifer being damaged. nobody ever said anything about that. over eastern pennsylvania that you're messing up something over there. i had a guy in eastern pennsylvania tell me the other day the salt of a the well was getting into the creeks and killing the fish. and i said, the oil -- the salt out of the well. i said, you guys pile salt on the highways up here in the winter. where do you think that salt goes? he said, oh, that's a different kind. so -- you know -- if you want an answer, you can get one. >> yes, you can. >> yes, you can. that is for sure. boone pickens, happy birthday. very nice to talk to you this morning. >> thanks. thanks for calling me. i just got off the treadmill. >> good. get back o. happy birthday. bob, quick response to what boone said? >> well, he was talking about expense. shell certainly feels like the expense is worth it, but $2 billion f